Guillain-Barré syndrome is
an acute illness involving the peripheral nervous system that usually occurs
two to three weeks after a flu-like disease or other infections. It is
mostly a motor neuropathy, meaning that its symptoms are largely related to
the involvement of the motor nerves. Despite the primarily motor nature of
the disease, the earliest symptoms may be numbness and tingling felt in the
lower extremities followed shortly by weakness of the distal muscles of the
lower extremities. The common early symptoms reported by patients are those
of tripping on the toes that later results in a foot drop. The weakness
usually ascends to involve the entire lower extremities and later the upper
extremities. The danger occurs when the weakness involves the muscles of
respiration. At that time prompt intubation and admission to the Intensive
Care Unit is required. Although Guillain-Barré syndrome is usually a
self-limiting illness, prompt recognition of the symptomatology and correct
diagnosis are required for intensive observation and therapeutic
intervention.
The diagnosis of Guillain-Barré syndrome is suggested when the patient
presents with a history of ascending weakness and a physical examination
consistent with a primarily motor neuropathy. The diagnosis is confirmed
with the performance of a spinal tap, which usually shows elevation of the
protein level in the spinal fluid without an increase in the number of white
cells and by an electromyogram. All other conditions resembling
Guillain-Barré syndrome must also be excluded.
Once the diagnosis is confirmed, treatment is initiated with intravenous
gamma globulin or plasma exchange. Both of these treatment modalities have
been shown to reduce the duration of illness and to affect the extent of
final recovery. When diagnosed early and appropriately treated, patients
usually start recovering within a few days. Full recovery usually occurs
after two or more months of the illness. The treatment, however, is not
effective in all patients and a few patients fail to recover full strength.
Guillain-Barré syndrome is usually a monophasic illness that rarely recurs.

Guillain-Barré-Strohl syndrome
Also known as:
Landry’s paralysis
Kussmaul-Landry syndrome
Landry's syndrome
Landry-Guillain-Barré syndrome
Landry-Kussmaul syndrome
Glanzmann-Saland syndrome (misnomer)
Synonyms:
Acute ascending polyradiculoneuritis, acute polyneuritis, acute febrile
polyneuritis, acute idiopathic polyneuritis, acute infectious polyneuritis,
acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy, acute plexitis,
acute polyneuritis with facial diplegia, acute polyneuronitis, acute
polyneuropathy, acute polyradiculitis, ascending paralysis, acute
postinfectious polyneuropathy, celluloradiculoneuritis,
encephalomyeloradiculoneuritis, febrile polyneuritis, idiopathic
polyradiculoneuritis, infectious neuronitis, infectious polyneuritis,
infectious polyneuronitis, inflammatory polyneuropathy, myeloradiculitis,
neuritis with albuminocytologic dissociation, neuromyelitis
hyperalbumenotica, neuronitis, paralysis spinalis ascendens acuta,
polyneuritis with facial diplegia, polyradiculitis, polyradiculoneuritis,
polyradiculonévrite inflammatoire (aiguê), postinfectious radiculoneuropathy,
radiculoneuritis, schwannosis. All are believed to be the same syndrome.
This disturbance has been described by various eponymic terms, which are now
all believed to be the same disease. The term Glanzmann-Saland syndrome
(severe polyneuritis following diphteriae) has also been used, but that is a
misnomer
http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/1766.html

In abmd@yahoogroups.com,
Wutsername@a... wrote:
http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7390/620/b?etoc
BMJ 2003;326:620 ( 22 March )
News extra
Possible link between flu jab and Guillain-Barré syndrome under
investigation
Washington Charles Marwick
The US Institute of Medicine’s immunisation safety review committee has
been investigating whether the influenza vaccine might carry a risk of the
demyelinating disorder Guillain-Barré syndrome. A sharp increase in cases
of the disorder occurred in 1993-4 after immunisation . There were 74 cases
in 1994, compared with only 37 cases in 1993 and 23 in 1991. Although the
number of reports of vaccine associated cases of the syndrome has remained
low in recent years "between 20's and 40's "the sudden increase in 1994
raised concerns about vaccine safety. In a fact finding session earlier
this month, the committee heard reviews of studies since 1976, when the
numbers of vaccine associated cases of the syndrome stopped the US
immunisation campaign against "swine flu." By then, 45 million people had
been vaccinated. Ultimately, 581 cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome were
reported that year, said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia. Initial
studies suggested a causal relation between Guillain-Barre' syndrome and the
vaccine. Subsequently this was challenged on several grounds, including that
the cases had been gathered by public health officers who had not been
trained to diagnose the syndrome; reports were not based on medical records;
some cases accepted by the CDC failed to meet the criteria for the syndrome;
and the publicity over the possible link had biased the reporting of cases.
A later study, in 1991,
reviewed all the cases of the syndrome in adults (whether vaccinated or
unvaccinated) from two states. Using a standard definition of Guillain-Barré
syndrome, it rejected 29% of them, said Dr Robert Chen of the CDC's
immunisation safety branch. A 1998 study, summarised for the committee,
showed that if there was a risk of flu vaccine causing the syndrome, it was
extremely small. Dr Tamar Lasky from the University of Maryland School of
Medicine put it at between 1 and 2 cases per million vaccinated persons a
year. One possible cause is that flu vaccine contains Campylobacter, said Dr
Chen. He said that the vaccine is made in chicken eggs and that 40-50% of
chickens are infected with Campylobacter, which is difficult to eradicate.
However, the syndrome can occur after various clinical events, said
neurologist Dr John Griffin from Johns Hopkins University School of
Medicine, Baltimore. He cited surgery, pregnancy, childbirth, and "all sorts
of non-specific infections." Probably 70% of cases of the syndrome follow
something, he said. "But the robust associations are really restricted to
Campylobacter and to herpes viruses, and they include HIV, where there is
likely to be an altered immune state. It's worth keeping in mind that
pharmacologic immunosuppression may also lead to Guillain-Barre' syndrome."
Dr Marie McCormick from Harvard School of Public Health and chairwoman of
the committee said the findings would be published in two to three months.

I got Guillain Barre in 1982 after my first and only flu shot. It was
terrible and frightening. I was paralyzed, I couldn't even breath on my
own. I couldn't eat. I thought I was going to die. A year later was when I
was able to relearn to walk. As of yet I did not completely recover. My
feet shuffle and are numb. They did not report it, did not even want to
acknowledge that it had to do with the flu shot. They were really mean and
there I was wondering if I were going to die. I was fifteen years old and
so scared. And the flu shot was to prevent the flu that would trigger my
asthma and has led to pneumonia.
I met a woman who had developed seizures after a flu shot was recommended
because she was elderly and suffered pneumonia. Now she suffers seizures
very often. You take a shot for one thing and are left with something much
worse. Terrible.

Dr. Buchwald testimony
before the Quebec College of Physicians Medical Board:
http://www.whale.to/vaccines/buchwald9.html
Dr. Gerhard Buchwald
takes the stand
A physician from
Germany, Dr. Buchwald testifies through an interpreter. Dr. Lanctot tables
his credentials as well as a copy of his book entitled "Vaccination:
Business Based on Fear". He is recognized as an expert on vaccination by the
Committee.
Dr. Buchwald testifies
that his experience includes being a medical counselor to an association of
parents whose children have been injured or killed by vaccinations. He adds
that he is aware of a thousand vaccination related injury cases and has had
personal contact with 350 cases. In 150 of these cases, he wrote the medical
opinion and acted as an advisor during the legal proceedings.
Dr Lanctot (L).: If
you take this stand in your country, have you been reprimanded by the
medical authorities?
B.: I wrote a paper
entitled, "Vaccinations: A Crime Against our Children". I received written
reprimands from the College of Physicians... In Germany, we have a law
called "Kronegesetz" in the Civil Code, which stipulates that everyone has
the right to freely voice his or her opinion. When I was fed up with this
nonsense with the College, I drew their attention to the fact that their
responses were actually a breach of those sections of the law. German
judges, who deal with these issues, are very touchy on this issue... It is
impossible to suppress the free speech of a physician in a free country
which is why the College knew that it would lose. They also knew that the
press would really have a field day. Since then I’ve heard nothing more...
L.: You mentioned
earlier that the first criterion in medicine is to do no harm... And you
referred to these ethics in
He continues with a
brief history of his experiences in general and describes how he got
interested in the whole question of immunization. He recalls that after
graduating from medical school, he was a supporter of vaccination policies,
as was everyone else he knew. Then he relates to the Committee the story of
the eldest of his three children, born in 1957, who at eighteen months
received a smallpox vaccination and who, eight days later was no longer able
to stand up in his crib. Until then, his son’s development had been
absolutely normal:
"He fell sick with a
post-vaccination encephalitis, and ever since, I have a completely destroyed
human being at home."
It was at that time
that someone approached him to become a member of a protective association
in Germany. It was through this group that he got to know other vaccination
damage cases.
"Back then, I was
working in one of the oldest lung illness treatment centers in Germany, and
just by chance, I looked at the files of those people who had fallen ill
during the first German epidemic of smallpox, in 1947. Up to 1974, starting
after the WW II, we had eleven smallpox epidemic events in Germany. We had
always been told that the smallpox vaccination would protect against
smallpox. And now, I could verify, thanks to the files and papers, that all
of those who had fallen ill had been vaccinated. This was very upsetting for
me..."
Dr. Buchwald draws the
Committee’s attention to a series of about 50 graphs in his book which show
that vaccinations have no effect on the decline of infectious diseases.
L.: If vaccines
didn’t have any effect on the decline of infectious diseases, what then
caused this decline?
B.: A British
professor of social medicine, Thomas McKeown, showed that the decline in
infectious diseases in developed countries had nothing to do with
vaccinations, but with the decline in poverty and hunger....
L.: Why do you refer
to vaccination as a business?
B.: You know, one
vaccine against smallpox costs about 600 DM, and the proclaimed target or
goal is to vaccinate three billion people in this world. So if this is not
business... The vaccination against hepatitis costs 250 DM and you need
three of them... Vaccination is a huge business for the pharmaceutical
industry.
L: If you take this
stand in your country, have you been reprimanded by the medical
authorities?
B.: I wrote a paper
entitled, "Vaccinations: A Crime Against our Children". I received written
reprimands from the College of Physicians... In Germany, we have a law
called "Kronegesetz" in the Civil Code, which stipulates that everyone has
the right to freely voice his or her opinion. When I was fed up with this
nonsense with the College, I drew their attention to the fact that their
responses were actually a breach of those sections of the law. German
judges, who deal with these issues, are very touchy on this issue... It is
impossible to suppress the free speech of a physician in a free country,
which is why the College knew that it would lose. They also knew that the
press would really have a field day. Since then I’ve heard nothing more...
L: You mentioned earlier that the
first criterion in medicine is to do no harm... And you referred to these
ethics in
your book: do no
harm,
your book: do no
harm, be helpful, the well-being of the patient is the supreme rule, the
will of the patient is the supreme rule... Does vaccination respond to
those rules?
B. No, and I cannot
understand it. Those rules are always being stressed by our physicians and
by the medical community except when it comes to vaccination...
L.: Are vaccination
campaigns waged out of fear? Are they made to scare people?
B.: I have lectured
all over the world... I have always had a special interest in newspapers.
All of them have one thing in common, there is always some reference made
to some epidemic in some part of the world. For instance, two years ago,
one paper referred to a polio epidemic in Holland. For the past three
years, our newspapers have commented on the diphtheria epidemic in Russia.
By these means, the population is constantly threatened with epidemics,
they have been made to fear them, and the reports always conclude: "Go and
get vaccinated".
L.: That’s the sales
pitch.
B.: Yes.
After yet another round
of objections, Dr. Lanctot asks Dr. Buchwald about his position on hepatitis
B vaccine?
B.: First there was a
simple hepatitis infection, then we were able to distinguish between
hepatitis A, B, non-A, non-B, and today, we call still another hepatitis
C. In 1981, we saw the introduction of vaccinations for all medical
personnel. All the other forms of hepatitis we didn’t vaccinate against
were in decline. But hepatitis B stayed at the same level, even after the
introduction of the vaccine. It was then believed in Germany that we made
a mistake, it’s not being passed through the blood but by sexual contact.
We expected the response to be to vaccinate everyone where the event of
sexual intercourse would be a factor... However, the response was to
vaccinate everyone. And this is where you can see that it all revolves
around money.
L.: What is your
position regarding measles vaccination?
B.: Once again I have
a graph... As of 1962... there was a decline in cases of measles and
deaths due to measles,
there were virtually
no deaths... In 1976. vaccinations began... there were about ten deaths
related to measles. It stayed like that for years, until it finally
declined even further. Now, you can count the number of deaths on one
hand... Vaccinating against measles is not just useless, but harmful. In
the past, infants would not get measles. They would get the protection
through their mothers, who used to have measles themselves. Mothers who
were vaccinated against measles cannot pass on the protection to their
infants, so infants now get measles.
L.: Because mothers
have been vaccinated against measles as children they now cannot pass on
the protection, but if they have not been vaccinated they can?
B.: Exactly... Our
grandparents knew exactly how important it was for kids to go through
measles. My grandmother, for instance, would have said: "This boy is six
ears old. He is going to be in school pretty soon and he has not had the
measles yet." He would be sent to visit a child with measles in order to
catch it. I got measles...
L.: Does the
protection conferred by the disease protect for life?
B.: It’s deemed to,
and I think so too.
L.: Why do we have to
repeat measles vaccination then?
B.: Because it’s an
opportunity to make money.
L.: What’s your
position about MMR (mumps, measles, and rubella), the three vaccines given
together?
B.: Maybe I could
give you one example from Switzerland... There is a large group of
physicians, pediatricians, and experts on children’s diseases. They are
opposed to the vaccination campaign against measles, which according to
the World Health Organization (WHO), was to include all Swiss children...
It has not been decided to go ahead, yet... But this is not what lies at
the heart of the whole issue.., it’s a question of money.
L.: How can you say
it is for money?
B.: Who’s paying the
WHO? Where do they get their funds? What are the links from the WHO to all
the huge pharmaceutical Companies? Just look at that. We physicians are
the modern slaves of the pharmaceutical industry... We depend on their
pre-fabricated medications... They are the real overlords...
Dr. Lanctot again has
to respond to a series of objections arguing that what Dr. Buchwald was
saying was identical to what appeared in her book, and for which she was
brought up before this Disciplinary Committee: "We are at least two people
in the world saying the same thing. There may be others. It’s the WHO which
makes the decisions to vaccinate in our countries. Your child may be
vaccinated tomorrow, and it won’t be your decision, nor your doctor’s, nor
your government’s, but that of the WHO. That’s what he’s saying."
But the exchange
doesn’t end there. She notes that Dr. Buchwald’s testimony is pertinent
given the fact she had referred to the medical establishment and WHO in her
book:
see the dangers because
they’re obvious. We heard this morning that Merck organized a scientific
meeting which they financed, but they didn’t invite Dr. Hyde because he says
there are problems. However, others were invited and then the government
puts out a bulletin stating that everything is all right... What more will
it take before we begin to ask ourselves how such things happen?"
As the arguing drags
on, a frustrated Dr. Lanctot makes the following proposal: "I will make a
deal with you. Tell me that medicine is dogmatic, that it is a sect, with no
room for thinking, which has to be blindly obeyed, and I’ll tender my
resignation - here and now. Tell me and it’s all over!"
But no one does. And so
the bickering continues between the now infamous three protagonists. When
the dust again settles, Dr. Lanctot resumes her questioning.
L.: You mentioned that
a group of Swiss physicians have banded together to oppose the WHO-imposed
mandatory vaccination plan. Can you tell us what their arguments are?
B.:They are afraid that
the dangers far outweigh the benefits... The Swiss physicians are concerned
about what has occurred in the United States. There is a report that deaths
have risen ten-fold (since the introduction of mandatory vaccinations) and
that this situation has mystified American physicians.
B.: The cause of
tetanus is a bacillus and the vaccine against it is one of the few
vaccines that contains neither virus nor bacilli... What has been hidden
away is the fact that it is possible to treat tetanus...
L.: It’s not
necessary, but is it harmful?
B.: Guillain-Barre
Syndrome carried by tetanus is one of the worst side-effects known. You
may be paralyzed, beginning from the neck down, and this can last a whole
year. We know that a muscle that is not used atrophies. What is lost of
this muscle over that year is lost forever. In Germany, the head of
vaccination services issued a number of opinions, but did not publish
these in medical journals in order not to discredit vaccination as a
whole. Physicians who vaccinate withhold certain medical information,
proven medical knowledge, to the detriment of patients and the population
at large. Wounds that bleed will never result in tetanus because the
tetanus bacillus is anaerobic. It is absolutely silly to vaccinate boys
who cut their knees. The only reason behind that is money.
L.: I would like to
know your position on DPT shots.
B.: I was showing you
the graph on diphtheria. It shows that vaccinations have no influence.
That (on the graph) was where the vaccination was introduced, but despite
that, there was an increase... In 1925 there was a vaccination campaign.
We then had about 20,000 cases. During WW II, the number rose to 250,000
cases and then dropped significantly, even though during the War and
during the post-War period, shortly thereafter, no vaccinations were
carried out at all...
"The same situation for
tuberculosis," Dr. Buchwald continues, "Every year, there was a decline in
cases of tuberculosis in Germany. To such an extent, that there were less
and less dangers from this disease. After the War we had 160,000 cases and
40,000 deaths, meaning that one out of four people with the illness died. In
1994, we had 13,000 cases with 1,000 deaths. This means one out of 13 died.
You can see how this illness has come to be less and less dangerous over
time. One hundred years ago, being diagnosed with tuberculosis was a death
sentence. You can see (on his graph) that vaccinations had no influence at
all.
The reason behind this
decline is as I showed you earlier. Never before have both Germans and
Canadians, for instance, enjoyed such a good life. The victory that has been
won over epidemics is not due to physicians, but to farmers and social
legislation... Better dwellings, better bathrooms, and more soap...
Everything that we may refer to as general social ameliorations... As a
small boy, three of us kids shared the same bed... Our general living
conditions are responsible for our good health. This isn’t due to
vaccinations at all, that’s just for the money."
DAY 9— MARCH 26, 1996
Dr. Buchwald’s
testimony continues...
The day begins
innocently enough, but will end with a bang when Dr. Lanctot takes issue
with the President’s constant barrage of objections regarding the relevance
of her questions and evidence. As during the previous days of hearings, most
objections originate from the President, Mr. Prevost having from all
appearances abdicated from this role. The President’s insistence this day
will finally bring about a cry of foul from Dr. Lanctot when he holds up the
testimony of another one of her witnesses, Dr. Martin, a recognized expert
in the field of vaccines.
But first, Dr. Lanctot
resumes her questioning of Dr. Buchwald on the subject of polio
vaccinations.
Dr. Buchwald responds
that prior to the introduction of polio vaccinations in Germany, anyone was
counted as having polio, even if they only had the virus in their feces. It
is known, he goes on, that there are people who are healthy but who evacuate
polio viruses when they go to the bathroom. Based on this criteria, the
number of cases was approximately 4,000 per year. After the introduction of
the vaccine, statistics included only those polio cases of people who were
paralyzed for at least six weeks.
L.: If I understand
you correctly, before, everyone was counted, those with polio in their
feces as well as those sick with polio, and that totaled 4,000. When they
started the polio vaccination, they only counted those people who had been
paralyzed for at least six weeks, is this right?
B.: Yes.
L.: So, this is how
statistics improved from 4,000 to 400?
B.: Yes, exactly...
L.: Okay, that’s what
I understood. When you say they changed the way the calculations were
done, who were "they"? Was this a medical or a political decision?
B.: It is always the
same group that decides... the World Health Organization (WHO).
L.: It always ends up at the WHO…..What
is your opinion of polio vaccinations?
B.:Since 1978, there hasn’t been a
single case of polio in Germany, but every year there are about 50 cases of
paralysis caused by the vaccine. The German authorities... have indicated
that they would have to reconsider their policy because it’s not logical to
carry out a vaccination campaign which causes 50 people to become paralyzed
when the illness itself hasn’t created a single case (of polio) in 20 years.
On the subject of flu vaccine, Dr.
Buchwald notes: "There is no such thing as a flu vaccine. We have to
distinguish between, on one side, a cold-like symptom for which there is no
vaccination... The vaccine will only protect against influenza, but because
it sounds good in terms of advertising, they still stick to the term "flu"
in German because nobody would take any vaccine if it were called influenza
vaccination."
Dr Lanctot the broaches the subject of
meningitis, which Dr. Buchwald indicates, is not a problem in Germany. His
answer so surprises one Committee member that he interrupts Dr. Buchwald and
asks incredulously whether he meant that there were no cases of the disease
or no vaccine. Dr. Buchwald’s replies that one form of the disease didn’t
exist anymore, and that there is no vaccine for the other.
Dr. Lanctot then asks Dr. Buchwald to
identify the sources he used to develop his charts. He tells her that under
German law every case of an infectious disease has to be registered with the
health services and these national statistics are accessible to everyone. As
well, they are published in a number of journals: "Anyone can go and verify
that this data is correct."
L: Are all vaccine damages or adverse
effects reported?
B. No. The law prescribes the criteria
according to which vaccine damage cases have to be reported. The fact that
there such cases is not mentioned in Germany. Even physicians don’t know
about it...
L. Who knows?
B:By word of mouth, and more recently
because of the work of associations for persons damaged by vaccinations. For
instance, there was one televised program concerning this topic that
included a reference to my book. After the program, a number of physicians
called the association in tears asking if the reported vaccine-caused damage
cases were really true... Since I have the permission to give out the
addresses of those children who are affected, that’s what I did, so that
they could ask them directly. It was such a terrible revelation that the
physicians simply didn’t want to believe it... damage caused by vaccinations
means the complete destruction of a child, of an individual. Those kids
can’t speak. They’re complete idiots, imbeciles. Often, they are spastically
paralyzed, and frequently, they also suffer from muscular cramps...
Sometimes whole families are destroyed...
L.: How is it that
physicians are not aware of that? They see those children? Let’s say I’m a
physician. If I inject one of my patients. I’m going to be aware of the
complications. Where’s the problem?
B.: As I said
earlier, a physician may only know that which he or she has learned... I
will add, in their defense, they simply don’t know any better. They get
their information from a book that says vaccinations are fine.
L.: How is it that
you know?
B.: Because I delved
into the subject. One major reason, of course, was my son’s history, which
I described earlier.
L.: If your son had
not been a victim of a vaccination, would you have become aware of this
whole situation?
B.: No. After my
final exams, I was a supporter of vaccinations, and I would be to this
day...
L.: Those parent
associations you have talked about, this association you went to when your
child got sick, are they religious or esoteric associations?
B.: Not at all.
To yet another
objection to her line of questioning by the President, Dr. Lancot retorts:
"Dr. Buchwald is reporting exactly the same thing as did Dr. Hyde yesterday.
It is relevant. Patients so affected are not heard. Everyone refuses to
listen to them... Patients are sick as dogs, but nobody listens. Physicians
are scared... Why is this not reported? Why is this hidden? Yesterday Dr.
Hyde spoke of more than 100 such patients dying from hepatitis B vaccine...
But there is no one to listen. What do we do?"
P.:This is not the
appropriate forum to treat...
L.:When will it be an
appropriate forum?
P. Surely not before
us.
L.:So what are we doing
here? What are we all doing here?
P.: I will tell you. We
have a complaint before us, that’s what concerns us. Therefore, I will ask
you to come back to the matter before us.
L. What I did
(referring to the complaint) was to say exactly what these people have been
saying...
Asked whether she had
any other questions, as a way to get back to what the President considered
to be the matter at hand, she asks Dr. Buchwald what he fears most from
vaccinations.
"It’s a complicated
question. The Austrian physician Aschner said the history of medicine is one
of continuous errors... In 1901 a German physician by the name of Emil
Behring made horses artificially fall ill with diphtheria. Ninety per cent
of them died, the rest survived. He extracted their blood.., waited for it
to settle and then used what had settled to the top to vaccinate children
who had contracted diphtheria. Today,, he would be sued for cruelty to
animals, but in 1901, he received the Nobel prize... Streets are named after
him... Many of the children vaccinated back then died... If the children
needed to be vaccinated again, a different animal was used. They took cows,
goats, pigs, but the children still died...
We encounter the same
problems with blood transfusions. As the number of operations rose, blood
was needed and so animal blood was used. But patients died. It was only
later that we learned that (such blood) contained a foreign protein... We
then learned that we could only take human blood. Four different blood
groups were identified. Nevertheless, people died during blood transfusions
until we learned that there were subgroups, but even today, every eighth
case of blood transfusion results in damage. The problem is the foreign
protein that is introduced in the body. Protein is a very important element.
We need it for life. It is transformed by the liver into basic components,
amino acids, but the damage is done if a foreign protein is introduced
without going through the system... it always results in damage. Every
vaccination, whether bacteria or virus based, implies the introduction of a
foreign protein..."
Dr. Buchwald continues
by describing a human being as having approximately eight billion brain
cells> He notes that a bout with encephalopathy destroys from one to three
million of these cells: "Today, there are about 150 vaccines being worked
on, and within the next decade, we could have a flu vaccine for the left
nostril and one for one right nostril. Mankind will be used as a pin
cushion. For every vaccination, minimal encephalopathy destroys brain cells.
As a result, in Germany, there are 1.2 million children who have contracted
hyperkinetic syndrome who are then treated with Psychopharmeca (a drug
similar to Ritalin) used to calm them down... We have hundreds of thousands
of so-called minimal cerebral dysfunction cases and millions of
neurodermatitis patients. In Germany, there are millions of people with
allergies. We don’t just produce minimal encephalopathies in the brain, but
we also produce modifications of the genetic code."
Despite another series
of objections to Dr. Buchwald’s "history lesson", Dr. Lanctot persists and
Dr. Buchwald continues...
In 1866, an English
physician described a very strange illness. Children looked like Mongols.
His name was Down. That’s why we call it Down’s Syndrome today... I should
add that this syndrome is a result of the vaccinations carried throughout
England by Jenner in 1796... It (Down’s Syndrome) is probably the first
congenital disease caused by vaccinations. In Germany, the first child with
evidence of Down’s Syndrome was reported in 1922. Today, one in every 700
newborns has it... But the most terrifying fact is still to come... We
already know today of 4,000 illnesses caused by genes. Ten years ago,
Germany had 3 million illiterate people. Today, it’s 4 million. America has
three times the population, about 240 million, meaning they should have
about 12 million illiterate people..."
The "history lesson" is
again interrupted, and again Dr. Lanctot is not at a loss for words. She
takes issue with the President, and, as has by now become a tradition at
these hearings, engages him in a long exchange defending the relevance of
Dr. Buchwald’s testimony and outlining her frustration with his constant
interventions.
L.:Illiteracy is the
direct result of vaccinations, that’s what (Dr. Buchwald) is telling us...
We don’t understand it, and he’s here explaining it to us... With each
vaccination, we create an encephalopathy which reduces the mental capacities
of our children... which in turn explains the rise in illiteracy...
P.: We have to get back
to the complaint at hand. The rest may be a nice subject for a conference
elsewhere.
L.:
If it’s not at here at the College, we
have to change its vocation and stop this, and get back to protecting the
public.
P.: Go to the College;
here we’re with the Disciplinary Committee.
L.: Let’s not play at
cat and mouse... I’m here because the College says it protects the public,
and there are people who have come here to show us that’s not so...
P.: Now, listen, I’m
telling you that what this witness is telling us is not relevant to the
case. If he can’t keep his answer short, go to another question!
L.: The story of the
mouse tails which keeps coming back... He’s telling us that vaccines to
cause genetic changes and congenital deformities.
P.: If you have any
other questions...
Dr. Lanctot asks Dr.
Buchwald to continue with his description of the deformities related to
vaccinations, despite the President’s "two minute" warning,
"Scientists from the
University of Mainz, were startled to discover that 34% of German first
graders tested were found to have speech impediments... What I wanted to
show by that is that, slowly but surely, vaccines work to destroy the
intelligence of future generations... What can you do with a population
where the young generation cannot count to three? You might have heard about
the Mormons or the Jehovah Witnesses, who believe the world will come to an
end, that Jesus Christ will come down from heaven and everyone will be
destroyed. Only they would be spared. That’s probably the way it’s going to
be, however, not exactly the way they think. They’ll probably survive
because they’re opposed to vaccines. I’m very, very troubled and concerned
about the future of my country..."
On that note Dr.
Buchwald’s testimony ends.
Dr Lanctot’s comments
Gerhard Buchwald knows
that the medical and government systems are based on money and controlled by
the WHO. The authorities hide the truth about the link between illnesses and
vaccines. He knows and is not afraid to say it out loud. He knows all about
vaccines. He has the data, the details. An encyclopedia of facts. He
describes how every vaccine shot causes cerebral damage which goes
un-noticed until it manifests itself in hyper-activity, and learning,
behavioral disorders, as well as social violence. That is why illiteracy is
on the rise despite the schooling of our populations: 4 million illiterate
people in Germany and 27 million in the U.S.
The list of
consequences resulting from vaccines is long: children with allergies,
diabetes, multiple sclerosis, sudden infant death syndrome... He describes
the devastation to families who have to deal with a handicapped child: the
separations and social costs. At this point I break out in tears. The
terrible stories which victims of vaccinations have told me come to mind. I
let the tears flow.., then I continue my questioning. I’m not the only one
affected. The interpreter gets out his handkerchief on a number of
occasions. The audience is silent. Only the Committee is stoic in their
indifference. The members are waiting for it to end. They treat him with a
certain disdain. They are not able to refuse his testimony, after all he is
a physician, but also a foreigner. It’s of no matter to them. They don’t
believe him, and anyway, their mind was already made up before he even
uttered a word.
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Selected extracts taken from The Trial
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&
list_uids=12763480&dopt=Abstract
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Influenza vaccination and Guillain Barre syndrome small star, filled.
Geier MR, Geier DA, Zahalsky AC.
The Genetic Centers of America, 14 Redgate Court, 20905, Silver Spring, MD,
USA
Acute and severe Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS) cases reported following
influenza vaccine to the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS)
database from 1991 through 1999 were examined. Endotoxin concentrations were
measured using the Limulus amebocyte lysate assay in influenza vaccines.
There were a total of 382 cases of GBS reported to the VAERS database
following influenza vaccination (male/female ratio, 1.2). The median onset
of GBS following influenza vaccine was 12 days (interquartile range, 7 days
to 21 days). There was an increased risk of acute GBS (relative risk, 4.3;
95% confidence interval, 3.0 to 6.4) and severe GBS (relative risk, 8.5; 95%
confidence interval, 3.7 to 18.9) in comparison to an adult
tetanus-diphtheria (Td) vaccine control group. There were maximums in the
incidence of GBS following influenza vaccine that occurred approximately
every third year (1993, 1996, and 1998) and statistically significant
variation in the incidence of GBS among different influenza manufacturers.
Influenza vaccines contained from a 125- to a 1250-fold increase in
endotoxin concentrations in comparison to an adult Td vaccine control and
endotoxin concentrations varied up to 10-fold among different lots and
manufacturers of influenza vaccine. The biologic mechanism for GBS
following influenza vaccine may involve the synergistic effects of endotoxin
and vaccine-induced autoimmunity. There were minimal potential reporting
biases in the data reported to the VAERS database in this study. Patients
should make an informed consent decision on whether to take this optional
vaccine based upon its safety and efficacy and physicians should vigilantly
report GBS following influenza vaccination to the VAERS in the United States
so that continued evaluation of the safety of influenza vaccine may be
undertaken.
PMID: 12763480 [PubMed - in process]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&
list_uids=12763480&dopt=Abstract
Clin Immunol 2003 May;107(2):116-21 Related Articles,>Links
Influenza vaccination and Guillain Barre syndrome small star, filled.
Geier MR, Geier DA, Zahalsky AC.
The Genetic Centers of America, 14 Redgate Court, 20905, Silver Spring, MD,
USA
Acute and severe Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS) cases reported following
influenza vaccine to the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS)
database from 1991 through 1999 were examined. Endotoxin concentrations were
measured using the Limulus amebocyte lysate assay in influenza vaccines.
There were a total of 382 cases of GBS reported to the VAERS database
following influenza vaccination (male/female ratio, 1.2). The median onset
of GBS following influenza vaccine was 12 days (interquartile range, 7 days
to 21 days). There was an increased risk of acute GBS (relative risk, 4.3;
95% confidence interval, 3.0 to 6.4) and severe GBS (relative risk, 8.5; 95%
confidence interval, 3.7 to 18.9) in comparison to an adult
tetanus-diphtheria (Td) vaccine control group.
There were maximums in the incidence of GBS following influenza vaccine that
occurred approximately every third year (1993, 1996, and 1998) and
statistically significant variation in the incidence of GBS among different
influenza manufacturers. Influenza vaccines contained from a 125- to a
1250-fold increase in endotoxin concentrations in comparison to an adult Td
vaccine control and endotoxin concentrations varied up to 10-fold among
different lots and manufacturers of influenza vaccine. The biologic
mechanism for GBS following influenza vaccine may involve the synergistic
effects of endotoxin and vaccine-induced autoimmunity. There were minimal
potential reporting biases in the data reported to the VAERS database in
this study. Patients should make an informed consent decision on whether to
take this optional vaccine based upon its safety and efficacy and physicians
should vigilantly report GBS following influenza vaccination to the VAERS in
the United States so that continued evaluation of the safety of influenza
vaccine may be undertaken.
PMID: 12763480 [PubMed - in process]

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Study suggests FDR did not have polio after all, but Guillain-Barre syndrome
Friday October 31, 2003
By BOBBY ROSS JR.
Associated Press Writer
DALLAS (AP) Franklin D. Roosevelt may not have had polio at all, but a
paralyzing disease called Guillain-Barre syndrome, Texas researchers say in
a study that calls into question all the history books and presidential
biographies.
``We feel from the clinical evidence, which is all that exists, that it's
more likely that he had Guillain-Barre syndrome,'' said Dr. Armond S.
Goldman, emeritus professor of pediatrics at the University of Texas Medical
Branch in Galveston.
But Goldman added: ``There is no way we can rule out the possibility of
poliomyelitis. We felt it was unlikely, but we weren't there. We did not
examine him. He had very fine physicians who were experts in their field who
did.'' Goldman was the lead author of the study, published in Saturday's
Journal of Medical Biography. Roosevelt was diagnosed with polio at age 39
in 1921 after swimming at Campobello Island in Canada. The researchers
acknowledge that Roosevelt's vigorous exercise preceding the illness, fever
during the initial phase and permanent paralysis were
consistent with a diagnosis of polio.
But they say that Roosevelt's age, the pattern of his paralysis and the pain
he experienced all point toward Guillain-Barre syndrome. Historians and
others were skeptical. ``I think it's a significant stretch,'' said Dr.
Marinos Dalakas, chief of the neuromuscular diseases section at the National
Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Dalakas said Roosevelt's
fever and other factors would strongly indicate polio, and contracting polio
at Roosevelt's age would be ``unusual but not unique.'' ``It is pretty
amazing when people try to rewrite history,'' said Martin Harmon, spokesman
for the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation in Warm Springs,
Ga., where a polio-stricken Roosevelt used to bathe in the soothing waters.
``Obviously, the diagnosis at the time was in the middle of the polio
epidemic. It would be hard for me to believe that the doctors could not
recognize the same symptoms that he had among the rest of our population.''
Goldman stressed that the point of the study was not to criticize the
doctors back then, and he admitted a different diagnosis ``would not have
changed a thing.''
``The treatments for Guillain-Barre syndrome did not come about until the
latter part of the 20th century,'' he said. ``There's no way for physicians
to have known what to do even if they diagnosed it as Guillain-Barre
syndrome.'' Presidential historian Robert Dallek said the conclusion, if
proved, would not change Roosevelt's legacy.
``It would be fascinating to know if it weren't polio,'' Dallek said, ``but
Roosevelt still had to overcome his disability, which was paralysis, to
serve effectively as president.''
(Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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